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Thinker
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Red Heifer, End times are near?
"Jewish Group Says End Times Biblical Prophecy Fulfilled, Flawless 'Red Heifer' Could Signal the Third Temple"
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2...e-third-temple Apparently we have to wait 3 or 4 years before it can be sacrificed, and it cannot have any blemishes in that time. "To meet requirements, the heifer must be born from a natural birth and be entirely red with no more than two non-red hairs on its body. It must also never have been used for any labor or have been impregnated." "They will be inspecting the calf periodically to verify its condition." So, just wait... 2021 or 2022. ![]() (Mods, I didn't see an existing thread on this. If I missed it, please merge.) |
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Scholar
Join Date: Mar 2018
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Still gotta build that temple first, don’t they?
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I say nay!
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This times it's the end for real...until the next time.
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Illuminator
Join Date: May 2016
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Certified by a board of rabbis no less. Can't be any doubt about it then and get ready for the judgment by the messiah, which could be Jesus but perhaps not.
I wonder how these rabbis will handle the non-event after they perform their silly sacrifice? Maybe they will find a flaw previously overlooked on the poor beast. |
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Join Date: Mar 2018
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The usual rubbish, put out to impress the weak-minded.
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Illuminator
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Why wait so long? There's an orange heifer in the White House that already fulfills the requirements. So can they do the ceremony now?
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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If the red cow single handedly builds the temple, (or even with the help of a bunch of other cows) with no human intervention, I may be impressed. Until then it's just a bunch of dangerous morons jerking off about their own particular apocalypse fantasy in public.
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Penultimate Amazing
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CBN is Pat Robertson's outfit, BTW.
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Nasty Woman
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This is a rerun. I think they wait a few years and hope no one remembers the last red heifer event.
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imperfecto del subjuntivo
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The red calf will make a nice barbecue. I'll be preparing some chimichurri and have some shaman energize it, just in case.
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I would save the receptionist.
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As an actual Jewish person, I have to say that I've never heard of these people. Considering the fact that they imported frozen cow embryos to Israel for the express purpose of breeding a red heifer, they sound crazy.
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And in the final moment of the final day, the red heifer shall speak unto the masses, and it shall utter unto them "eat mor chikin". Blessed be the LORD, and His waffle fries.
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This will not fit into my schedule; I still haven't recovered from the last apocalypse/resurrection.
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You mean to tell me the South Park episode was based on something lunatics actually believe?!!!
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I would save the receptionist.
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The Almighty needs all the help he can get.
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Horrible dipsomaniacs and other addicts, be gone and get treated, or covfefe your soul!These fora are full of scientists and specialists. Most of them turn back to pumpkins the second they log out. I got tired of the actual schizophrenics that are taking hold part of the forum and decided to do something about it. |
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I am thinking of that one Star Trek movie where Kirk asked:
"Why does go need a starship?" In this case however, Kirk would be asking: "Why does god need a red cow?" |
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To get humans in the MOOd?
To be udderly certain of the end times? To horn in on short human attention spans? Ok, I've probably milked that for all its worth. |
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By the way ...
Now I am thinking about one of those famous Greek myths where a young woman went to stroke golden bull, but the bull was actually Zeus, and she ended up getting stroked herself. Maybe they are thinking of something similar in regards to this red bull. |
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On 22 JUL 2016, Candidate Donald Trump in his acceptance speech: "There can be no prosperity without law and order." On 05 FEB 2019, President Donald Trump said in his Sate of the Union Address: "If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation." On 15 FEB 2019 BobTheCoward said: "I constantly assert I am a fool." A man's best friend is his dogma. |
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Maledictorian
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This is great news - up until now I had to make do with Kobe Beef.
From now on, I'll only have Red Heifer sirloin. |
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This is the foretold time long prophesied, in which the great philospher prophet Bartholomew Simpson did utter unto the captivated masses "Don't have a cow man." These Rabbis would be wise to listen.
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"Red Bull gives you wings" now makes sense.
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Penultimate Amazing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_heifer
Quick summary: The Book of Numbers speaks of a red heifer. The Mishnah adds some commentary that you need a really perfect red heifer in order to have temple sacrifices. Some modern Jews want to rebuild the temple, and think that a really perfect red heifer would signal that the temple ought to be rebuilt. I'm not sure how the Messiah fits into the picture, because the prophecy of the Messiah didn't have anything to do with rebuilding the temple. (I don't think. Did it? At any rate, it certainly didn't have anything to do with building it, then knocking it down, then building it again.) Meanwhile, many Christians believe that the rebuilding of the temple would mark the end of days and the second coming of Jesus. Ever since I gave up Christianity, I've found it very odd that Christians think that the signal for Jesus to return would be some actions by a bunch of people who don't believe in Jesus. |
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Penultimate Amazing
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So to rebuild the temple, are they going to tear down the Dome of the Rock? The resulting war would make certain Christians very happy as a cataclysmic war is needed to bring on the end times. Armageddon FTW!
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Penultimate Amazing
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Most Jews don't want to rebuild the temple. A lot of rules in the Torah only apply if there happens to be a temple in existence, and a huge amount of rules from modern Judaism has grown up around synagogues. Throw a temple into the mix and suddenly no one would know what the rules are anymore. It would be a big pain in the neck.
Hopefully, it will never happen. However, religion is weird. Who knows what movements will get started, and how they will develop. If some popular nutty preacher gets a bunch of people to follow him, maybe someone will say that it's about time to get the infidels' building off of the holy of holies, and rebuild the temple.....because cows. |
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Penultimate Amazing
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Of course, I understand that. It's fringe Jews and fringe Christians. That latter of whom have a disproportionate amount of influence in the USA just now.
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imperfecto del subjuntivo
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Very interesting but, when is the barbecue?
We must put that red heifer to good use. |
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Illuminator
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What do Jews get out of end of times?
IIRC the whole heaven and eternal reward thing afterwards are a christian addition right? |
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